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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Trey Tucker, left, Pvt. 1st Class Alexander Escanlar, right, and two other paratroopers set up at one of the phase lines during a live-fire exercise to train platoon leaders and forward observers in the brigade’s maneuver battalions on an artillery range on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 9 thru 11, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 82d Airborne Division's Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Trey Tucker, left, Pvt. 1st Class Alexander Escanlar, right, and two other paratroopers set up at one of the phase lines during a live-fire exercise to train platoon leaders and forward observers in the brigade’s maneuver battalions on an artillery range on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 9 thru 11, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 82d Airborne Division's Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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